Green Room

“One for the history books”: Major discovery made by Mars rover Curiosity?

I’m less interested in this than I am in the freaky deaky red state/blue state traffic fatality discrepancy, but here you go, space nerds. The first five minutes of awkward current events small talk at the dinner table on Thursday are on me.

It’s a bind scientists frequently find themselves in, because by their nature, scientists like to share their results. At the same time, they’re cautious because no one likes to make a big announcement and then have to say “never mind.”

That hasn’t stopped the scientific community even once in the entire history of ever. I think they’d be putting on the front page now if it wasn’t for the fact that withholding the news for a bit makes it even BIGGER news.

Or do we need to dig through the older articles on this site alone where scientists have reported “new missing links” or “new cures for cancer.”